by Christine Burgmer | Dec 26, 2014 | Allgemein |
According to the Urban Dictionary, zzzzzz is a way to show sleeping or tiredness in a cartoon or comic book. You’ve probably seen it yourself. And that’s how a lot of you will feel after eating your big Christmas dinners followed by all that Christmas cake...
by Christine Burgmer | Dec 25, 2014 | Allgemein |
I read that the Yule log was a large and very hard log (a big piece of wood) which was burned at Christmas. That was new to me. I know the Yule log as a traditional cake roll, covered in chocolate icing and decorated with sugared holly leaves. I know that it’s...
by Christine Burgmer | Dec 24, 2014 | Allgemein |
The Times, the Guardian and the BBC disapprove of the abbreviation “Xmas” (meaning “Christmas”). But is it really that bad? Something I learned today: the ‘X’ is thought to represent the Greek letter ‘Chi’, which is the...
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by Christine Burgmer | Dec 23, 2014 | Allgemein |
We always had fresh nuts at Christmas and loved cracking them while sitting in front of the open fire place! My favourites were (and still are) walnuts and Brazil nuts. And Christmas was the only time we got figs and dates. But that has changed today. I eat them all...
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by Christine Burgmer | Dec 22, 2014 | Allgemein |
My mother took me to visit Father Christmas every year. My friends all think that it’s rather strange, but I adored this tradition. It was a magical experience for me. Most department stores in town had a grotto with Father Christmas sitting and waiting for...
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by Christine Burgmer | Dec 21, 2014 | Allgemein |
Most of you know how long it takes to wrap up the presents for Christmas. And often unwrapping takes seconds. Here’s a little game to play to make unwrapping more fun. 🙂 Unwrap The Present Game 1. Wrap a present up in lots of layers of wrapping paper. The more...
